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DVD/VHS Release Date Question

This is a really silly question but, which day of the weak do Videos get released in America? Over here it's on a Monday, makes sense with it being the first day of the week, but when I go shopping on American web-sites, the release dates are for Tuesdays and whenever a Star Wars film is released we always get it a day before.

yeah, that's a common practice, i think across the chain. i used to work at tower, (thank the maker i didn't have to work the night shift on mondays!!!) and i'm pretty sure they all have the "midnight madness" every monday, at least the mondays where there's something big coming out the next day...

Yep, our DVD/VHS get released on Tuesdays. Occassionally they will release one on a different day, just to make it a big deal. I believe the last one was Shrek that was released on a Friday. The next one is Spider-Man which will be released Friday Nov. 1st, so that people can pick it up after midnight on Halloween night.

They used to come out on Fridays until about 1994. I believe they moved the date to Tuesday, because if they were all rented on Friday, there were very few in the store during the rental stores busiest days, Sat and Sun. With them going out Tuesday, it gets most of them back before the weekend.

Originally posted by Quite-Long Dong They used to come out on Fridays until about 1994. I believe they moved the date to Tuesday, because if they were all rented on Friday, there were very few in the store during the rental stores busiest days, Sat and Sun. With them going out Tuesday, it gets most of them back before the weekend.

I worked in and managed video stores in California and Arizona from '91 to '94 and it was almost always Thursdays, NEVER on Fridays.

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